Bea Arthur Maude: The Complete Series
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All 6 seasons of the 1970s sitcom that dealt with social issues of the time, many still relevant today. Maude fought for marijuana, abortion, gay rights, feminism, and black rights. The show dealt with alcoholism, suicide, and mental illness.
The cast was fantastic! Beatrice Arthur as Maude, Bill Macy as her husband, Adrienne Barbeau as her daughter, Rue McClanahan as her ditzy best friend, and the incomparable Conrad Bain as her Republican neighbor. Also Ester Rolle as maid #1, Hermione Baddeley as maid #2, and J. Pat O’Malley as the latter’s husband.
Many guest stars: Robert Mandan in 3 shows, Helen Page Camp in several episodes, Herb Edelman in a couple, James Cromwell in a couple, John Amos in a couple, Barbara Rush, Martin Balsam, and even the voice of Jimmy Carter in the final episode.- C-Money
I was a kid when this show aired, I remember how much Worse the make-it-cheap-dammit 30min sitcoms looked, shot (inexcusably) on Sony videotape as throw-aways – there wasn’t even cable TV when they made the decision, syndication was Daytime TV, and who-cares-about-them?
I also had the misfortune of having to work with these ‘masters’ years later, what a disgusting, interlaced, train-wreck.
I dunno how Shout! does it, but the picture here is FanTasTic given how the TV studio/owners treated this material. If you expect Anything, you obviously weren’t there. If you wanted to see the shows enough to have purchased the Sony single season, you know that applying Minimum Effort resulted in Minimum Product, i.e., the Sony version (Mill Creak) is eye-blurringly unwatchable.. and gasp- Still Interlaced. It is the definition of Sony’s Painfuly and Famously lame efforts on the DVD front.
Enter a corrected-beyond-what-we-thought-possible rendition from Shout!. I state here, for the record: If Shout! releases most anything that the (bleah! ARrgh) studios/owners have been Sitting On for Decades, I’ll be in line to buy it. It can not be high def, but they at least have a Firm understanding of what it takes to make them Watchable. If you grew up on DVDs or better, you will probably wonder how us old folks ever watched TV period. If you have survived VHS-days, you will be Impressed with this collection (and Shout!’s others, notably WKRP).
I won’t go into how this show was the definitive alter-ego to All in the Family, far-left personalities need not apply as this made fun of them like AitF made fun of the right, informative and enjoyable, whether you Like the Maude character or Not.
Christmas sale brought this in under $70, a reach for my budget, so I thought I should put out a rave, glad I spent the money!
– Phr3d
I just received my Maude box set. I cannot wait to binge-watch this weekend. This is one of my favorite NorLear shows, along with ALL IN THE FAMILY, and SANFORD AND SON. I cannot wait to relive the laughter and tears with the Effervescent Bea Arthur, whom I also love as GOLDEN GIRL Dorothy Sbornak. She is just ……HILARICAL (Hilarious and Hysterical). Also, the rest of the cast that makes this show such a classic. I think Mr. Lear has the appropriate last name. Because his shows took off like jets. This will be a valuable jewel in my classic television collection. If you don’t get this gem of a series, “God Will Get You !” LOL-SHOPAHOLIC
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Bea Arthur, Bill Macy, Conrad Bain, Rue McClanahan, Adrienne Barbeau
Directors: Hal Cooper
Format: Multiple Formats, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 19
Rated: NR Not Rated
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Release Date: March 17, 2015
Run Time: 4260 minutes
ASIN: B00QJN33Q0
